Open AccessA Retrospective Analysis of Apheresis Donor Deferral and Adverse Reactions at a Tertiary Care Centre in India
Author(s) -
Disha Arora,
Ketan Garg,
Anupama Kaushik,
Richa Sharma,
Deepti Rawat,
Amrita Mandal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20707.8925
Subject(s) - plateletpheresis , apheresis , medicine , deferral , adverse effect , economic shortage , blood bank , blood donor , donation , surgery , transfusion medicine , blood transfusion , emergency medicine , platelet , immunology , finance , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , economics , economic growth
With increasing demand of platelet component each day, blood bank plays a pivotal role in ensuring supply of safe blood as and when required. Plateletpheresis procedure is a relatively simple, safe and important adjunct to blood bank inventory. However, recruitment of healthy blood donors is a challenge that the health industry is facing today.